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These are great cars
Many people have said this before but when you read these forums you can't help but get an overwhelming sense that these cars are just problem after problem --- mainly because people only come post on the forums when they have one. I've posted a handful of questions myself already and I'm sure I will have many more, but I still couldn't be happier with my recently purchased '02 S.
Just took a 1,400 mile road trip down the 101 with no problems. When I got the car, it needed some love (new water pump, new drive belt, new AOS, new spark plugs & spark plug tubes, new ignition switch, the wiper arms were on reversed) and had 95k miles on it. I don't have much experience working on cars and part of my decision to get one of these was to get into more DIY repairs (so far I've done it all myself). Anyway, if you're reading these forums trying to decide whether or not to go with a Boxster, I say do it. My grandfather owned a 356 that he brought back from Germany during the 50's and it's always been my goal to own a Posrche before I turned 30. I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off, but these cars are really pretty affordable to pick up. I should also throw out there that my Boxster has no CEL on right now with all monitors ready... more than I can say for my 2000 Toyota Tacoma that needs a new O2 sensor, a new TPS sensor and possibly new cats. Not that it's a fair comparison since the truck has 150k miles on it, but still...  
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You won't get any disagreement from me, I bought my '99 with 74K miles on it an expected to have to repair some things since it was ten years old at the time. Besides the 64K service that had not been done, a new water pump, a secondary air pump vacuum leak that caused a CEL, new brakes and a wire that came undone on the alarm system that caused the car to shutdown I've installed the LN ceramic IMS, ROW M030 suspension, big red Brembo's, Pedro's motor mount and have had problem free driving for two years now. The Boxster is one of the most fun Porsches to drive with it's weight distribution ratio and although not the fastest Porsche around makes up for it in looks and handling. I had to wait a lot longer than you for my Porsche, I was 62 when I bought my Boxster and plan on being buried in it.
 
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Doug Currently Between Porsches PART OF MY SOUL: '09 Boxster 2.9 PDK, '86 911, '76 912E, '06 Cayman S, '90 911 C4, '74 911, '78 911 Targa, '01 Boxster, '70 911T, '99 Boxster (#2), '72 911T, '88 911, '99 Boxster (#1), '84 911 Turbo Look, '73 911 Targa, '88 944 |
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Being an E36 M3 owner since 1999, lifetime BMW guy and maintainer of my own autos, all I can say is "Amen" to your post. I love my 2000 S with only 24K when I bought it in April.
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Right on!! I got my 2000 'S' last Nov with 53k miles and darn if there wasn't but a few things to fix and haven't been any since. I did buy it though because I want a Porsche and because I wanted a toy to spend each winter night working on...thus I spent hundreds (maybe thousands) fixing it up with the goal to make it like new. Replacing things that didn't need it and either selling the old parts or just storing them.
It really is a fun car. It isn't perfect and it amazes me that back in Dec of 1999 someone paid over $54k for the car...though if you think about it if it is this much fun to drive now think about how far ahead of the rest it was at the time! I'll be in my first concours on the 20th and really looking forward to it. Also to all those looking for a great community, look no further, Boxster owners are the best. A few weeks ago I took a 440mile trip through the blue ridge and my girl friend was so thrilled that each of the 4 other Boxsters we passed all flashed their lights and waved. The two 911 guys never even noticed us lol! Cheers. |
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08-11-2011, 04:42 PM
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Once you drive one… when I was l little boy I had an uncle that happened to love sports cars, I grew up helping him to do some basic maintenance on his cars, and that smell of leather and motor oil, well, got impregnated on my brain, learned to drive on my uncle’s Alfa Romeo, no sinc tranny, so! But it was soooo nice that I told myself that one day I’ll have a sport car!
Porsche! What a mystical cars, so last spring, after 30 years of hard work and raising a family and no to so good news on my health, I test drove a 1998 Boxster Sport pack (leather interior… bit of oil smell, one drop once in a while from rms) and couldn’t resist! It’s a 13 year old car, 85K, need some love and I’ve been doing some work on it myself! Handles GREAT and I’ve been working on it and driving it around on weekends and nice evenings! So fun to drive! And as Whipe350 said, Boxster owners are the best, this forum as well as other Boxster ones have been very helpful. Fun to work on it, really fun to drive and very nice looking car… what’s more to say! So nice! |
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08-11-2011, 05:45 PM
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@ronster- Nice flying front wheel in that first pic! Pull those g's!
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08-12-2011, 05:41 AM
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I LOVE mine I need to make a choice I have a 2000 Boxster and a 1983 911 Cab one of them really needs to go the choice is killing me the boxster is ten times the car that the 911 is BUT the Cab value is better as an investment.
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My story is simple: I had $6K to buy a car. I looked for three months last winter/spring at all kinds of cars until I came across a '97 Boxster for sale by the original owner with 24k original miles....he took $6500; my search ended right there !!! I drove it home (over 600 miles), have had to do some minor body/top repairs & replace the driver's-side radiator, but my wife & I just got back from a 2500 mile round-trip down to SC & back; we did the entire Blue Ridge Parkway plus Skyline Drive & it was the most enjoyable trip !!! The one day it hit over 100 degrees in SC was the only time we put the top up & that was just to stay cool. Not only did the radiator work perfectly but i didn't screw up the A/C while replacing it (something I saw in another thread & was worried...).
Thanks to this website & Pelican, I am not afraid of attempting much of anything on this car & plan on driving it for many many years! Oh, & we hit 30MPG on the 'boring' parts of the trip, doing 70MPH on the interstates !!! Pretty amazing for a car this fast & fun to drive.....
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The Boxster is just way too much fun to drive. Mt car has over 100,000 miles and is still going strong. It's easy to work on and parts are easy to get as well. I have already met many great Porsche owners and am looking forward to meeting more. PCA is great to belong I am working the Porsche Platz this coming weekend at Road America. Yeah it's a tuff job.
We need more threads like this focusing on positive aspects of ownership !!!!!!!!!
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Here's the one from the BRP (not great, just my cell-phone but my wife was more than happy to hold it over the windshield for best picture....& worst sound!): BRP Video
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Drove my 01 basic Boxster from Sacramento to Houston. Girl friend flew to Vegas and joined me there. Got as high as 28 MPG on the highway. Was very pleased to set cruise control at 100 during driving through lower AZ, NM and TX. Houston Porsche dealers want more for maintenance than CA dealers (oil change $220 vs $140 in CA). Heat here is killing me making top down driving a thing for the night not the day.
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Love my Boxster too.
After growing up as a boy helping my father remove, replace and rebuild VW type 1 (Beetle) engines, buying broken ones and making one good car from two damaged ones, we always admired and drooled over Porsches. Never thinking we would get one. The seed was firmly implanted and I was brainwashed and have wanted a Porsche since then. They are much more expensive here in Aussie. A cheap high mileage Boxster costs $25,000AUD. Fast forward 20yrs and I have a 2001s. I had it hidden in the garage and invite my father down to take him out for his birthday. He not knowing I had the car asks, "which car are we taking" my reply was "the one in the garage". As the door opened the look on his face was priceless and one I won't forget. Love this car. |
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I got to drive a 98 Boxster 2.5 5 SPD MT when I was 16 years old. From that moment, I knew that my first car had to be a Porsche. I saved up from 3 jobs for 5 years and as soon as I turned 21, I had made enough money to buy a Porsche. I started looking for a Boxster. I found a 2000 Boxster 2.7L 5SPD MT for $9700 with 76,000 miles. A little over my budget, but I bought it. During First car Inspection, mechanic said he can hear the water pump going bad so I replaced that. 9 months and 6000 miles later, I had no problems until recently. Now I have a vacuum leak and broken inner tie rod. Hopefully, both will be fixed by this weekend. It is a great car. I have never had so much fun driving a car. And I also had the chance to drive 350z, RX-8, Corvette C4, C5, C6, NSX, and even the SL55 AMG. I still found the Boxster more fun to drive.
I am keeping this car for as long as I live. Even when my Boxster dies, I will just replace the engine and continue driving it and use the old engine block as a base for a coffee table.
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